Junk food is alluring in many ways. It’s physically addictive and emotionally addictive. In this post I just wanted to address one reason that I think is fairly common when it comes to junk food cravings and emotions.
The worse time for junk food cravings tend to be in the evening. The evening is the time most people sit in front of the TV to “relax” and unwind from a hard day at work. We kick our feet up after dinner and then not too long after we head to the kitchen to find something to nibble on. Why?
Well we very well may still be hungry because the dinner we threw together was nowhere near to being nutritious or of any substance to keep us full. But the most common reason is boredom. That relaxing time in the front of the TV is not relaxing at all. I mean do you find boredom relaxing? I certainly don’t.
The best thing that you can do for yourself is to either put the TV away for a few weeks (and make it really difficult to get a hold of to watch) or chuck the TV out completely. I don’t have a TV anymore and it has been the best decision I ever made.
You may still be holding on to the idea that TV is relaxing and thus thinking “Well what the heck am I suppose to do in the evening then?” The answer? Whatever your heart desires!
The reason we eat in the evening is to numb our feelings of boredom. We do this instead of actually addressing those feelings and fulfilling our emotional needs. You may have a desire to be creative, a desire to fulfil a passion of yours or just to get up and go out and exercise. You probably don’t even realize you do.
So first things first write a list of activities you can do instead of watch TV. Write down things you have always wanted to do, things that you are interested in. The bigger the list the better. You could start your own vegetable garden, join a yoga class so you can PROPERLY relax after work (or you may even want to start on your own at home) or start reading a book, learning a language. The possibilities are endless and far more exciting than coming home to pig out in front of the TV. Trust me.
So go without your TV for a week or so. Do this one little thing and you might just spark a new interest in life that has long been waiting to emerge.
Stop Eating Junk Food
Junk food is alluring in many ways. It’s physically addictive and emotionally addictive. In this post I just wanted to address one reason that I think is fairly common when it comes to junk food cravings and emotions.
The worse time for junk food cravings tend to be in the evening. The evening is the time most people sit in front of the TV to “relax” and unwind from a hard day at work. We kick our feet up after dinner and then not too long after we head to the kitchen to find something to nibble on. Why?
Well we very well may still be hungry because the dinner we threw together was nowhere near to being nutritious or of any substance to keep us full. But the most common reason is boredom. That relaxing time in the front of the TV is not relaxing at all. I mean do you find boredom relaxing? I certainly don’t.
The best thing that you can do for yourself is to either put the TV away for a few weeks (and make it really difficult to get a hold of to watch) or chuck the TV out completely. I don’t have a TV anymore and it has been the best decision I ever made.
You may still be holding on to the idea that TV is relaxing and thus thinking “Well what the heck am I suppose to do in the evening then?” The answer? Whatever your heart desires!
The reason we eat in the evening is to numb our feelings of boredom. We do this instead of actually addressing those feelings and fulfilling our emotional needs. You may have a desire to be creative, a desire to fulfil a passion of yours or just to get up and go out and exercise. You probably don’t even realize you do.
So first things first write a list of activities you can do instead of watch TV. Write down things you have always wanted to do, things that you are interested in. The bigger the list the better. You could start your own vegetable garden, join a yoga class so you can PROPERLY relax after work (or you may even want to start on your own at home) or start reading a book, learning a language. The possibilities are endless and far more exciting than coming home to pig out in front of the TV. Trust me.
So go without your TV for a week or so. Do this one little thing and you might just spark a new interest in life that has long been waiting to emerge.
Stop Eating Junk Food